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Peter Sumner

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Peter Sumner
Born	Peter Malcolm Sumner-Potts (1942-01-29)29 January 1942 Waverley, New South Wales, Australia
Died	22 November 2016(2016-11-22) (aged 74) Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Nationality	Australian
Occupations	Actor director writer
Years active	1965–2015
Spouse	Lynda Stoner

Peter Malcolm Sumner-Potts (29 January 1942 – 22 November 2016), professionally known as Peter Sumner, was an Australian actor, director, and writer. He had a long career in theatre, television, and film.

Career

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His credits include parts in such films as Color Me Dead (1969), Ned Kelly (1970), The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith (1978), The Survivor (1981) and Bush Christmas (1983), as well as a starring role in television series Spyforce along with his portrayal of Bill Hayden in The Dismissal. In an interview in 1978 for the Sir Joseph Banks High School newspaper, he revealed that he had an uncredited role off stage, controlling the Dianoga (garbage compactor monster) in Star Wars, as well as playing the role of Lieutenant Pol Treidum in that film. Sumner played Arnie in the first series of the British science fiction drama television series Jeopardy in 2002, filmed in Australia.

His other local television acting work included regular roles as Bruce Jefferson in Tickled Pink (1978–81), Phillip Seymour in All the Way (1988), Reverend Green in Cluedo (1992), and Les Bailey in Heartbreak High (1997–99), along with numerous guest roles in series including Homicide, Division 4, Matlock Police, Boney, The Sullivans, Cop Shop, Neighbours, E Street, The Flying Doctors, and Home and Away.

Sumner was a follower of Meher Baba and directed a TV documentary, Baba's Birthday, shot in India, produced by Sensory Image, with music by Pete Townshend. The documentary follows Sumner's son, Luke Sumner, as he journeys to India in search of spiritual meaning.^[1]

Sumner was a high-school teacher before he started acting. His wife Lynda Stoner and he remained married until his death.^[2]

Sumner also served a stint as a presenter on Play School, mainly acting as a stand-in for John Hamblin.^[3]

He died aged 74, after a long illness on 22 November 2016.^[4]

Filmography

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Film

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Year	Film	Role	Type
1966	They're a Weird Mob	Bit Part (uncredited)	Feature film
1969	Color Me Dead	Stanley Phillips	Feature film
1970	Ned Kelly	Tom Lloyd	Feature film
1972	The Lady and the Law		TV movie
1973	And Millions Will Die	Dixie Hart	TV movie
1974	Eye of the Spiral		TV movie
1974	Human Target		TV movie
1976	McManus MPB	Sergeant McManus	TV movie
1977	Star Wars	Lieutenant Pol Treidum (uncredited)	Feature film
1977	Kiss and the Ride Ferry		TV movie
1978	The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith	Dowie Steed	Feature film
1978	The King of the Two Day Wonder	Jim Delaney	Feature film
1979	Middle Age Spread	Reg	Feature film
1980	Players in the Gallery	Simon Harris	TV movie
1980	The Department	Robby	TV movie
1981	Run Rebecca, Run	Mr. Dimitros	Feature film
1981	The Survivor	Tewson	Feature film
1983	Bush Christmas	Ben Thompson	Feature film
1984	The Secret Discovery of Australia	George Collingridge	TV movie
1986	Shark's Paradise	Cooper	TV movie
1986	Army Wives	Grant's Father	Feature film
1987	Hot Ice	Joe Carpenter	TV movie
1992	Survive the Savage Sea	Buzz	TV movie
1992	Seeing Red	Gorman	Feature film
1999	The Dark Redemption	Lieutenant Pol Treidum	Short film - Star Wars fan film
2006	Who Killed Dr Bogle and Mrs Chandler?	Legal Representative 2	TV movie
2011	Ektopos	Zebediah
2012	Ryder Country	Professor Ed Woodman
2015	The Quarantine Hauntings	Dr. Henry Dickenson	Final film role

Television

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Year	Film	Role	Type
1965	My Brother Jack		Miniseries, 1 episode
1969, 1970	Delta	Bill Keegan / Dr Brian Doyle	TV series, 2 episodes
1970	The Link Men		TV series, season 2, episode 13: A Dress to Die For
1970	Dynasty	Jim Westlake	TV series, 1 episode
1971-73	Spyforce	Gunthar Haber	TV series, 41 episodes
1972-73	Over There	Lieutenant Allison	TV series, 4 episodes
1973	Boney	Sergeant Peter Fuller	TV series, 1 episode
1973	The Comedy Game		TV series, 1 episode
1973, 1974	The Evil Touch	Richard	TV series, 2 episodes
1973-74	Certain Women	Carl Faber	TV series, 15 episodes
1974	Matlock Police	Dennis Reid	TV series, 1 episode
	Homicide	Kenny Sutton	TV series, 1 episode
	A Touch of Reverence		Miniseries
	Silent Number	Ted Grant / Clifton	TV series, 2 episodes
	Play School	Presenter	TV series
1975	Division 4	Ron Slater	TV series, 1 episode
1975	The Sullivans
1976	Luke's Kingdom	Karl Walthausen	Miniseries, 1 episode
1976	The Lost Islands	Christian Dobler	TV series, 2 episodes
1977	Bluey	Ronald Hamlin	TV series, 1 episode
1977-83	Cop Shop	Detective Tom Foster	TV series, 7 episodes
1978	Glenview High	Scott Brady	TV series, 2 episodes
1978	Catspaw	Flight Lieutenan Harry Sewell	TV series, 7 episodes
1978, 1979	Tickled Pink	Jason Jones / Bruce Jefferson	TV series, 2 episodes
1979	Skyways	Bob Cusack	TV series, 2 episodes
1980	Young Ramsay	Bob Marshall	TV series, 1 episode
1980-82	Trial by Marriage	Bruce Jefferson	TV series, 13 episodes
1983	The Dismissal	Treasurer Bill Hayden	Miniseries, 2 episodes
1984	Five Mile Creek	Lucas Morgan	1 episode
	Special Squad	Nick Hardy	TV series, 1 episode
	Carson's Law	John Meadows	TV series, 2 episodes
1984, 1992	A Country Practice	Ray Lennox / Max Wellings / Dr Kenrich	TV series, 6 episodes
1986, 1992	The Flying Doctors	Harry Grant / Phil Buchanan	TV series, 2 episodes
1988	All the Way	Phillip Seymour	Miniseries, 3 episodes
1989	E Street	Jonathan Bromley	TV series, 10 episodes
1989, 1995	G.P.	Dr Vince Fisher / Rod	TV series, 4 episodes
1990	Neighbours	Ewan O'Brien	TV series, 6 episodes
1991	Hampton Court	Max	1 episode
1991	Sex	Commercial voice	TV special
1992	Cluedo	Reverend Green	TV series, 21 episodes
1995	Spellbinder	Mr Kennett	TV series, 5 episodes
1997-99	Heartbreak High	Les Bailey	TV series, 36 episodes
1998	Moby Dick	Captain Gardiner	Miniseries, 1 episode
1998	Murder Call	Bette Fidler / Vic Bamford	TV series, season 2, episode 13: “A Dress to Die For”
1998, 2001	Water Rats	Carl Sexton / John Barnes	TV series, 2 episodes
1999, 2008	All Saints	Tom Grieve / Miles Bannock / Errol Baumann	TV series, 3 episodes
2000	Home and Away	Edward Dunglass Snr	TV series, 1 episode
2001	Outriders	Bud Sattler	4 episodes
2002	Jeopardy	Arnie	TV series, episodes
	Blue Heelers	Joshua Grieves	TV series, 1 episode
	BackBerner	Professor Norman Twigg	TV series - 1 episode
2003	Snobs	Doctor	Miniseries, 1 episode
2004	Jessica	Rennie	Miniseries (2 part)
2006	Blue Water High	Teacher	TV series, 1 episode
2014	Rake	Archbishop Thomas	TV series, 1 episode

References

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^ "Baba's Birthday". Archived from the original on 26 January 2014. Retrieved 23 August 2011.
^ "Animal Liberation - Lynda Stoner". Archived from the original on 7 August 2011. Retrieved 6 October 2010.
^ "Straight 2 DVD: Interview with... Peter Sumner". 16 June 2010.
^ Sydney Morning Herald: Tributes, 26 November 2016. Retrieved 26 November 2016

External links

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Peter Sumner at IMDb
Baba's Birthday – Preview on YouTube

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